Shultz meets Gemayel as U S Eyes Syrian Withdrawal
Secretary of State George Shultz met with President Amin Gemayel in Beirut and planned talks with Damascus to press Syria to withdraw its 40,000 troops from Lebanon. Beirut warned Lebanon may scrap its accord with Israel if Israel pursues a partial pullback, raising fears of a deeper regional partition. Assad’s regime, Al Thawra, and Damascus radio dismissed the mission as impossible while Shultz affirmed the Sept. 1 peace plan stands.
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George Shultz
Amin Gemayel
Lebanon
Shultz
Gemayel
Damascus
Beirut
Jiddah
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Hafez Assad
United States
Middle East
Israel
Assad
Bekaa
Baabda
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Reagan
al Thawra
Peace seekers visit poor Nicaragua barrio
A North Carolina led ecumenical group visited Managua to observe independence anniversary and plan a four hour vigil near the Honduran border to protest U S support for contra forces. They praise Nicaraguan sovereignty, urging no U S meddling and appeals for peace.
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Nicaragua
U.S
Sandinista Liberation Front
Anastasia Somoso
Mattern
Christian Community
North Carolina
Jalapa
Honduran
Sion
Miguel Vigl
United States
Honduras
Reagan
el Salvador
Action For Peace
Carolina Interreligious Task Force
Central America
N.Y
Alaska
Michigan
Maine
New York State
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
Daley
Vietnam
Nicaragua tour shows shortages and solidarity with Sandinistas
Impressions from a visiting group of Norte Americanos in Nicaragua note 2,225 residents in a flood‑relief settlement near Lake Managua lacking funds for housing. The visit, supported by Nicaraguan officials, discusses security on the Jalapa road and peaceful vigil plans amid tensions with neighboring states.
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Maria Christina
Lake
Managua
Nicaragua
Reagan
Jalapa
Honduran
Jesus
Afghan rebels attack Kabul airbase and airport
Afghan rebels attacked the Kabul airport and a Soviet backed airbase with rockets and machine gunfire. The insurgents blasted a hole in a Soviet building in Kabul as clashes continued around the capital. A diplomat said the fighting involved Afghan government forces and rebels.
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New Deli
India
Kabul
Afghanistan
Andropov warns on missiles as talks resume in Moscow
President Yuri Andropov told Helmut Kohl that a nuclear missile limit agreement remains possible but warned that deploying U S missiles in Europe would be a deep dangerous mistake. He cited NATO plans to deploy Pershing 2 and cruise missiles as raising war threat while stressing Soviet readiness to counter.
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UPI
Yuri Andropov
U.S
Andropov
Helmut Kohl
Kohl
Andro
Pov
NATO
U.S.S.R
Geneva
Europe
Tass
Kremlin
Germany
Bus passengers plead for slow speed before fatal plunge
Carrollton Kentucky officials say a church bus carrying Greater Community Temple members from Cleveland plunged down a 300 foot embankment on Interstate 71. Two women in their 20s were killed and about 20 injured as the bus broke through a guard rail and rolled. Passengers begged the driver to slow down. weather may have worsened conditions.
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Carrollton
Louisville
Carroll County
James Dunn
James FE. Montgomery
Disaster & Emergency Services Office
Montgomery
James Mudd
Mudd
Greater Community Temple of
Memphis
Tenn
Cleveland
Reagan to present case for merit pay
Shanker told about 3,000 delegates that the future of public education hinges on whether NEA or AFT prevails and criticized NEA for opposing merit pay. A Times poll showed 73 percent support pay based on ability or peer review, 22 percent on experience. Shanker rated Reagan an F plus for education performance, but gave him a plus for focusing the issue.
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Reagan
NEA
AFT
Shanker
Los Angeles Times
Fatal Fourth of July tree collapse in Oneida village
A falling poplar limb struck a man and injured others as crowds gathered for Independence Day activities in Park Street Park Avenue area near Utica. The trunk section crushed a car, shattered a back window, and witnesses recalled hearing a crash followed by screams while rescue teams battled obstructed access. Joseph Mardenly, 79, owned the nearby summer home. neighbors had urged removal but were refused.
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Dodge
Jackson
Lake Oneida
Daniel Thies
State Police Troop 2
Oneida
Park Street
Park Avenue
Joseph Mardenly
Utica
Mardenly
Bill Davis
Wappingers Falls
Davis
Joseph Arcuri
Liverpool
Arcuri
Tie
Eins Werd
Trapped miner amid Homer City shaft rescue efforts
In Homer City Pennsylvania rescuers battled thick methane as they bore into a 400 foot mine shaft to reach miner Mitsko presumed killed in an underground blast. UMW President Trumka urged the incident to end coal industry deregulation debates while company spokesman Landaere described progress and uncertainties about Mitsko’s fate.
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Homer City
UPI
United Mine Workers
Richard Trumka
Lee Mitska
Helen
Mutsko
Wre Vt Font
Dwayne Landaere
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
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Sam
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Fernanda Cardenal
Bart Pollock
Herald-Journal
Shree Rajneesh
Rajneesh
JP Telephottpuram
Ore
Birdland
Gals Birdlard
Jampee St
Salina
Landaere
Horizorital
Mitsko’a
al Omer
Sei.bagh Law Offices
Sytaciime
Syracuse Pool & Patio
Nanny
SUN
S. Bay Rd
Cicero Imi
Pann Can Mall
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